College of Health and Human Services

Evaluation

In an era of accountability and demonstration of results, many human services providers
can no longer simply rely on traditional process evaluation. Most are now being challenged
to demonstrate human and fiduciary outcomes of their programs and services, but many
lack the organizational expertise and skill to assess these areas.

In addition, many of the “reform measures” being proposed in human services have not
been adequately tested or evaluated. One of SWERT's goals is to become a regional
resource to human organizations and providers in assessing the efficacy and effectiveness
of their programs across several dimensions of evaluation. (i.e. outcome evaluation,
cost-benefit analysis, formative evaluation, etc.). Similar to research, evaluation
is critical to regional leaders and decision-makers as they solicit support and advocate
for resources to address regional needs.

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